How I Met Myself Assignment

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‘How I Met Myself’

byDavid A. Hill

Name : Marwan Alif Bin Ahmad

Fauzi

Form : 2 (2012),3 (2013)

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Subjects Page Author 1

Doppelgänger 2

Synopsis 3

Synopsis of each chapter 4

Character 14

Settings 16

Themes 17

Moral values 19

Content



Author

David A. Hill is a freelance author of educational

materials, teacher trainer and lecturer on English language

and literature working out of Budapest, Hungary. He worked

for the British Council for 18 years and had long associationswith Pilgrim School of English in Canterbury, United

Kingdom. He typically works in about 12 countries around

the world each year, and also gives poetry readings and

musical (blues/folk)performance. He is currently with

Norwich Institute for Language Education (NILE), Norwich, as

a summer school teacher trainer.



In fiction and folklore, a doppelgänger (German "double

goer") is a paranormal double of a living person, typically

representing evil or misfortune.

In modern vernacular it is simply any double or look-alike of

a person. It also describes the sensation of having glimpsed

oneself in peripheral vision, in a position where there is no

chance that it could have been a reflection. Doppelgängers

often are perceived as a sinister form of bilocation and are

regarded by some to be harbingers of bad luck. In some

traditions, a doppelgänger seen by a person's friends or

relatives portends illness or danger, while seeing one's own

doppelgänger is an omen of death.In Norse mythology, a

vardøger is a ghostly double who precedes a living person

and is seen performing their actions in advance.

Doppelgänger



SynopsisThis story is about a man who met his doppelganger ; a

ghostly double of a living person.

John Taylor was an English computer programmer who

worked in Budapest,Hungary, and live there with his

wife, Andre, and daughter, Kati. He was walking home

from work one day when he bumped into his

doppelganger. John believed the doppelganger hadcome to give him a message. John did some research

and found that a man, with a similar to his, had lived

in that area many years ago along with a wife and a

daughter – whose names were also Andrea and Kati.

The person’s wife and daughter were killed in a

tragedy. The timely warning from John’s doppelgangersaved John’s wife and daughter from a similar fate.



Synopsis Of

Each ChapterChapter 1; A strange meeting

In the Thirteenth District in Budapest, a strange

thing happened to John on Monday evening in

January. John was walking home from office and wasdeep in thought about an office problem. From

building came sounds of a door shutting and

someone run out and straight into John. The man

apologized and John saw the man had his face. It

was a strange and fearful meeting.

Chapter 2 ; Getting to know me

John introduced himself. He worked as a computer

programmer and worked in a multinational company

in Bristol. He was offered to lead a young Hungarian

team.He had attended one-to-one Hungarian

language lessons with a pretty teacher named

Andrea. Finally, they fell in love and got married 18

months later. They lived in the Hollan utca and

Thirteenth District on the Pest side of the city. John

met himself in one of the streets there.



John took some rest before following the man that

had face like him and reached the entrance to a bar

cellar. He then realised that only his footprints seen

while that man’s footprints did not. He entered the

café and asked the café owner about the man but he

did not saw him. John stayed for an hour and had a

few drinks. He had to lie to Andrea the reason he

came back late. He flashed back to the incident

of meeting a man like him. He cannot sleep as he

could forget the image of the man.

Chapter 3; A search

The following day, Tuesday, John was distracted at

work. He thought out carefully the time he should

be outside the building where he had met the manyesterday. The man had come out from flat 7 Felka

utca. John waited the opposite to number7 Felka

utca but it was a useless wait. Then, John went to

the cellar bar at Gergely utca. The barman asked

whether John had found his friend. That night, John

dreamt of himself running out of the buliding and

into someone who fell down. He saw that it was

himself lying on the ground. That dream made him

awake.

Chapter 4; 7 Felka utca



Starting that day, John would wait outside 7 Felka

utca, go to the bar and then went home after work.

Every night he had the same nightmare and woke

up feeling fearful. He became grumpy andimpatient even with Andrea due to tiredness and

lack of sleep. He began to lose focus especially at

work. One evening, Andrea questioned him with

tearful eyes and he had to tell the truth. She

laughed with relief that John was not having an

affair. She suggested that they did investigation.

Chapter 5; I tell Andrea

On Saturday morning, John and Andrea walked to

Felka utca. John felt happy and relaxed because nothaving the nightmare last night. They questioned

the housekeeper, a lady who had there for 21 years.

She cannot help them very much. John was

disturbed by the fact the man had left no

footprints. Then, they asked the housekeeper at

Gergely utca but got the same answer. They

went into the cellar bar and had drink. Andrea

cannot believe that the man could be the spirit of a

dead person such as being told by John.

Chapter 6; Talking to the housekeeper



John’s life had returned to normal. He was not having

the dream and visited thevcafé again. He got news

that Andrea was pregnant that time. However, Andreahad lost her biggest job, fifteen hours a week at an

international bank. Zsolt offered to take in Andrea as a

helper in the cellar bar. She agreed and managed to

make changes. This attracted more customers. John

found that what happened to him was called

doppelgänger. However, he did not know the reason

why it appeared.

Chapter 7; Doppelganger

Chapter 8; A holiday

John and Andrea had a baby girl on 16th September

and they named her Kati. They went to England forthe Christmas holiday. John and Andrea went into

Swindon town to do some Christmas shopping. The

following day, John went to the village pub hoping to

meet some old friends. He met Paul, one of his

closest friends at school. After exchanged news, John

told him about the doppelgänger. Paul said thatphenomenon did exist and warned that they also

were the messenger of bad news. His family returned

to Hungary and spent New Year with Andrea’s family.

Andrea wanted John to be more focused on the

family but he was distracted.



Chapter 9; The date gets closer again

On 11th January night, John suddenly had the

fearful dreams again. He read his diary and realised

that he met with the strange man on 18th Januaryof last year. He had to find out what happened at

Felka utca and Gergely utca on 18th January in the

past. He persuaded Andrea to follow him to Felka

utca on 18th January. She agreed but that was her

last involvement. This time he dreamed of hearing

aloud noise in the street just before the man cameout of the door.

On Sunday, John and Andrea prepared for their trip

to Felka utca with uncertain feelings. They left

home at 3.00 p.m. as they were supposed to attenda tea party. They spent time a Margaret Island but

not in a happy mood. By 6.30 p.m., they were

standing opposite number 7 Felka utca. Andrea

stayed there while John stood outside the door of

Felka utca. Suddenly, there was a loud noise. A man

ran out into John causing John to fall. He ran off andsaw he had John’s face. John ran after the man until

Zsolt’s bar which was closed. Andrea said that she

did not see anyone other than John. John had the

dream again that night.

Chapter 10; 18th January



Chapter 11; A little bit of history

John asked for some time off work as he must take

care of Kati. He was given afternoons off for a

week or two. John secreted his arrangement fromAndrea. For the next few afternoons, John went to

the Budapest City Library. He read news about

Budapest starting from ten years before then. On

Saturday, he attracted to a headline, ‘YOUNG

MOTHER AND CHILD KILLED AS FIGHTING ENDS IN

PEST’. The story was of a Mrs. Szabo and her

daughter who were killed in a cellar in a Gergely

utca building that was destroyed by a bomb on

18th January. When John got home, Andrea knew

that he was lying and wanted to know the truth.

He explained it and seeks for her help. However,

Andrea refused to help him anymore.

Chapter 12; Looking for the truth

John knew that Andrea had the right to be upset

but he needed to solve his problem. John met the

housekeeper at Gergely utca and asked about Szabo

family but got useless answer. He later went to

Gergely utca and asked the housekeeper the same

question. He was told that a Szabo family was at the

third floor. That person was unfriendly and not the

one that John looking for. John talked Mrs. Fischer

and got the information needed.



He lost his wife and daughter in the incident of the

Russian bomb that destroyed the cellar in a Gergely

utca building. Janos himself died in the street

fighting in 1956. John was happy because knew the

truth.

Chapter 13; Problems at home

John was both interested and worried by Mrs.

Fischer’s story about Janos Szabo. Although he knew

that Andrea was not interested, John took the risk

and told her about Janos. Andrea thought that Johnwas ill. John was disappointed with

Andrea’s attitude. Their relationship was not as close

as before. John memorised back the fact that he got.

Chapter 14; Another year goes by

John and Andrea were not close anymore. Howevertheir relationship started getting better as they took

Kati to England for the second time in August. This

made him forget about meeting himself. The rest of

the year was good as Andrea and John spent time on

their work and Kati. They spent a quite Christmas at

home and New Year with Andrea’s family. John hadhis dream again as 18th January was around the

corner. He felt that his doppelgänger was linked to

Andrea.



Chapter 15; I discovered some more facts

As John walked home from work, he wondered if he

should go to Felka utca on 18th January. From a sign in

a tailor’s shop, he made the connection between hisname and the doppelgänger. Feeling uncomfortable,

he had a drink at Zsolt’s bar. Then, he went to see Mrs.

Fischer in Felka utca. She told him straight off that he

looked like Janos. She went on and told that John’s

wife was called Andrea and his daughter named Kati.

John felt sick after hearing that. The final frightening

fact was that he and Janos had the same birthday

which is on 23 October. John believed his

doppelgänger was trying to tell something and hoped

he could meet again on 18th January.

Chapter 16; It all happens again

John had the dream every night with all differentaspects in different degrees. The same was the sound

of a man’s voice shouting for help and calling out

Andrea and Kati’s names. John woke up feeling afraid.

On Saturday, 18th January, John reached home at half

past six but Andrea and Kati was not at home. A note

from Andrea mentioned that they were in Zsolt’s bar.John panicked when he saw the note and immediately

ran out into the street to get to the bar but turned into

7 Felka utca. Just then, there was a loud explosion in

Gergely utca and followed by shout for help. John ran

out and into his doppelgänger with worrying about

what would he found in Gergely utca.



Chapter 17; We must get them out!

The street at Gergely utca was full of smoke. Car

alarms were ringing and broken glass were scattered.

Zsolt’s bar looked completely destroyed and a terrible

thought struck John. He shouted that his wife anddaughter were in the bar and needed to be rescued.

The people managed to cooperate and formed a

team to get rid of wood and stone. Soon, rescue fire,

police and ambulance team arrived and persuaded

him to leave. However, he insisted that his wife and

daughter needed help. He was helped to theambulance and had rest. He slept for a few minutes

and woke up. The police told him that they did not

get any news yet. John has to answer before being

asked to go home and wait. John realized that

nobody can survive with the explosion. He regretted

not having a deep thought about what the reason of his doppelganger to appear. He also regretted not

telling Andrea abou this dream and the information

he got from Mrs Fischer.

Chapter 18; Unexpected help

John walked alone along Gergely utca, feeling

hopeless. He walked into somebody and looked up

saw his doppelgänger. The doppelgänger pointed

at something. He saw Andrea and Kati. They held

each other and Andrea told that they were saved

by John’s friend, his doppelgänger.



Actually, when Andrea and Kati wanted to get into the

bar, they were stopped by John’s doppelgänger stood

in front of the door and refused to move aside. Kati

cried that the person was not John. Andrea

remembered that the book had said about being seen

by someone else if it had an important message. Sheunderstood that the man wanted her to leave and so

she went home. From the flat, she heard the explosion

and quickly went to check it out. She was afraid John

might be in the bar. Andrea and John concluded it was

a strange story.



Characters John Taylor-An English computer programmer

-34 years old, nearly two meters tall-Light brown hair with a moustache

-Working in a multinational company in Bristol

-Sent by company to head a young Hungarian team at

Budapest office, Hungary

-Met Andrea, a pretty teacher and married with her 18

months later-Met his doppelganger – initially had difficulty

understanding the phenomenon

-Feared for wife and daughter but finally relieved they were

safe

Andrea Taylor-John’s wife and a teacher of Hungarian

-Pretty with dark brown hair, blue eyes and a beautiful smile

-Taught John and fell in love before getting married 18

months later

-Did not understand John’s problem – feels John too

obsessed with the phenomenon-Eventually understands the message given by John’s

doppelganger and feel grateful



Kati Taylor-John and Andrea’s cute baby daughter, born on 16th

September

-Saw John doppelganger at Zsolt’ bar

-Recognised and told Andrea it was not John who wasblocking their way to the cellar bar



SettingsTime

Present day

PlaceThe story was set in Budapest in Hungary. The main

character, John Taylor and his wife, Andrea, lived in a

flat in the Hollan utca. His office was located at Vaci

utca. The incident of him stumbling upon his

doppelgänger happened in front of number 7 Felka

utca. After the incident, he used to spent time at a bar

located at Gergely utca owned by Zsolt.

John with his wife and daughter spent their Christmas

holiday with his family in a village near Swindon inEngland. The family often visited the island park in the

middle of the

River Danube, to get some fresh air and to relax. John

went to the Budapest City Library

to read up on every incident that happened in

Budapest’s Thirteenth District every 18th

January.



Themes

Determination in solving problems

John was determined to solve

his problem of meeting with his

doppelgänger especially to know

the message he was bringing to

him. As the saying goes, it isbetter to light the candle than

cry in the darkness.

Family support

Andrea showed her love andsupport for John and in his quest

to find the truth as much as she

could. She felt that John should be

reasonable and support her and

look after the family.



Positive approach to problems

John and Andrea were positive in

their approach to their problems.

John did not allow his unusualsituation to spoil the family

holiday and allow it to become a

family crisis. Andrea was helped as

much as she could. When she lost

an important teaching job, she

was willing to work at Zsolt’s bar.

Fear of the unknown

From the moment John first saw

the doppelganger, his life changesand he lived in fear. He was afraid

because he could not understand

what was happening to him.

Furthermore, his fear took a turn

for the worst when he started

having nightmares about thedoppelganger.



Moral ValuesThinking positive about problemsWe must be positive and not afraid to face our problems.

Like John, when we have problems of whatever nature, we

should be positive and face up to them.

HonestyWe must be honest with our family members about

ourselves and our action. Although John had a white lie

with Andrea about coming home late, it still not wise. If he

told the truth earlier, he would not suffer that problem

alone

Believing ourselves

We must believe in ourselves what we see with our owneyes. We may have witnessed something unusual and

people will say that we are mistaken. But, we know what

we have seen and so we should stay strong and have faith

in ourselves.

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